When Holograms Attack
by Sarge1
Summary: This is what happens when Shalimar doesn't listen to Adam. PLEASE R/R!!!!! *COMPLETE!!!*
1. The Fight

Title: When Holograms Attack

Author: Sarge

E-Mail: Shalimarfox2@aol.com

Rating: PG

Summary: This is what happens when Shalimar doesn't listen to Adam. 

Disclaimer: They're not mine.(Dangit!!)

Author's Notes: I have no idea where I got this story idea from, but whatever. It's like Marty said on Stargate SG-1(Wormhole X-Treme), "You can't ask a writer where he(in my case, she) gets his(her) ideas from because the truth is, we don't really know." 

   "Are you done yet?" Shalimar asked anxiously.

   Adam let out an exasperated sigh. "Will you just hold on for a second, Shalimar? Programming emotions into a hologram is a lot harder than just programming one that fights. "

   "I've been 'holding on' for hours, Adam, and I'm getting bored," she retorted.

   "It hasn't been hours and if you want these new holograms to work correctly, I suggest you leave me alone so I can finish programming them."

   Shalimar glared at him. "Fine! I'll go find something else to do," she said with a frown.

   "Now there's an idea!" Adam teased.

   "Just tell me when you're done, ok?"

   Adam smiled. "I promise you Shalimar, when I'm done, you'll be the first to know."

   With that, Shalimar wandered off to find out what the others were doing and Adam went back to work.

   Walking into the rec. room, Shalimar spotted her other teammates watching a movie. Sighing, she walked over and flopped down on the couch next to Brennan.

   "Adam's not done programming the holograms yet, is he?" Brennan asked with a grin.

   Shalimar shook her head. "No, he's not. For a man who's so smart, I don't see why it takes him so long to program a few holograms," she said with a huff as she leaned up against Brennan.

   Brennan draped his arm over Shalimar's shoulders and pulled her in a little closer. "Don't worry about it, Shal. I'm sure he'll be done really soon."

   Just as the words were out of his mouth, Adam strolled into the room.

   "Are you done?" Shalimar asked eagerly as she stood up.

   Adam smiled at her and then shook his head. "No Shalimar, I'm not done yet. I mean, the holograms are working, but I still have to add the finishing touches to the program," he replied.

   "Than why aren't you out there finishing?" she asked almost angrily.

   "Because, unlike the rest of you, I haven't had lunch yet and I'm hungry."

   "Well, why don't you go eat something?" Emma suggested.

   "Because Jesse has pretty much consumed everything in Sanctuary that there is to eat."

   Jesse glanced up at him with a 'what the heck are you talking about?' look on his face, but at the same time, he was trying to hide a large sandwich that he had been eating before Adam had walked in.

   "So, I'm going out for a little while to go food shopping," Adam concluded.

   "But Adam..." Shalimar whined.

   "Shalimar, I will finish programming the holograms as soon as I get home, ok?"

   Shalimar let out a loud huff. "Fine!"

   Smiling, Adam said, "Ok, well I'll see you all later." Then with that, he walked out of the room.

   "Now, what were you saying about Adam being done really soon?" Shalimar asked as glared at Brennan.

   "How was I supposed to know that Jesse was going to eat everything," Brennan replied.

   "Hey!" Jesse exclaimed with a frown. "I did _not eat everything!"_

   "Ok, you're right Jesse, _mostly everything," Brennan said just as he ducked a piece of flying bread that Jesse had thrown at him._

   "Will you two cut out," Shalimar snapped grumpily.

   "Sorry Shal. If you want to work out so much, why don't you spar with me?" Brennan suggested.

   "No, it doesn't matter," she replied as she stood up and walked toward the door.

   "Where are you going?" Brennan asked.

   "I really don't know. I think I'm going to go take a nap or something," she answered just before leaving the room. Walking out into the main part of Sanctuary, she looked up at the dojo and frowned. _Damn! This is so annoying!! she thought to herself as she let out a long sigh. __All I want to do is practice my fighting skills on the new holograms, but no. Adam isn't finished with them yet**…...but wait a minute****…didn't Adam say that they're working and all he needs to do is add the finishing touches? she thought as a sly smile lit up her face. Walking over to the computer, she opened up the hologram program and looked at how far Adam had gotten. According to the data, he had programmed almost everything except two safety protocols and a few emotions. **__I don't really need safety protocols and who really cares about their emotions? Shalimar rationalized with herself. Shrugging her shoulders, she took off her sweater and then pushed the button to activate the hologram. _

   Walking up the dojo steps, she watched as the hologram materialized in front of her. _Whoa, he's kinda big, she thought to herself as she took in the full size of the hologram. He was about 6'3" with bulging muscles. __But he's nothing I can't handle._

   With that, Shalimar called out to the voice activated computer. "Computer, start program." 

   As soon as the words were out of her mouth, the hologram attacked. Shalimar easily ducked the fist that was aimed at her head, but she hadn't anticipated the well placed knee that connected with her stomach as she ducked. The impact knocked the wind out of her, but it didn't stop her. She launched herself in a flip over the hologram's head and landed behind him. With one quick movement, she crouched down low and swiftly brought her leg around, knocking the hologram's feet out from underneath him.

   Shalimar backed off to allow the hologram to stand back up, but when he did, she noticed that he looked really pissed off. _Anger must be one of the emotions Adam programmed, she thought to herself as she moved into a defensive stance. __Cool. It's more fun to fight them when they're mad._

   Oh yes, the hologram was mad alright. As soon as he stood up, he immediately charged Shalimar. In returned, she jumped over the top of him, but he had anticipated this. As she was flying over his head, he caught her by the leg and slammed her to the ground in one swift movement. 

   Shalimar could have sworn that she heard a rib or something crack when she landed and then she felt the intense pain to confirm her theory, but she had little time to think about it before the hologram was on top of her again. _Ok, backing off when the opponent is down must have been one of the protocols that weren't on, she thought as she attempted to get him off of her, but it wasn't going so well. It was as if he was real and with his size, he used his weight to pin her down as he unmercifully continued to beat her with his fists.___

   It was then that Brennan walked into the room to see Shalimar being pinned down and beaten by a hologram. _What the hell? he thought to himself. __Aren't holograms supposed to back off after they've knocked their opponent down? Running up the dojo stairs, he delivered a well placed roundhouse kick to the hologram's head, sending him flying off of Shalimar and to the dojo floor. _

   Brennan immediately rushed over to Shalimar and knelt down beside her. There was blood everywhere. It was pouring out of Shalimar's mouth, nose, and the various cuts that littered her face. "Oh my God Shal, are you alight?" he asked in concern, but before he could get an answer from her, she pushed him out of the way as the hologram attempted to land a blow to Brennan's head.

   Brennan was immediately back on his feet and facing the hologram. Out of his peripheral vision, he saw Shalimar stagger to her feet and stand there, swaying slightly.

   "Didn't you know that it's not nice to hit a lady?" Brennan said sarcastically.

   The hologram snarled at Brennan and then charged him. Brennan easily rolled out of the way, but much to his mistake, he rolled away from Shalimar and placed the hologram right next to her.

   The hologram noticed this too and immediately snapped into action.

   In her weakened state, Shalimar didn't even notice as the hologram's foot came towards her. She was too busy concentrating on keeping herself upright. As his foot connected with her jaw, she was sent flying backward off of the dojo. She hit the Sanctuary floor very hard, knocking the breath out of her and causing her head to spin twice as much as it had been before.

   Brennan watched in horror as the hologram sent Shalimar careening to the Sanctuary floor with a thud and he about panicked when he saw that she didn't move from there. He had little time for panic though because the hologram was already after him again. They both fought with almost equal skill, but Brennan was rapidly becoming tired. "Computer, end program," he yelled just as he ducked the hologram's fist. The computer didn't comply though. The hologram was still there and madder than ever.

   TO BE CONTINUED

(A/N: Weird, huh? I know it's completely horrible, but hey, it's something to read. I hope you sort of like it. More is coming very soon!! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!)__


	2. Please, Don't Tell Adam!

Title: When Holograms Attack

Author: Sarge

E-Mail: Shalimarfox2@aol.com

   _Dammit!! I can't handle much more of this, Brennan thought to himself as he blocked a kick from the hologram that was aimed at his stomach. "Computer, end program!!" he yelled again, but the hologram still didn't disappear. _

   Brennan had tried several times to just step out of the hologram's range, but every time he would approach the edge of the dojo, the hologram would disappear and then reappear right in front of him.

   It was then that out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Shalimar starting to move. Casting a glance her way, he saw her stagger to her feet and slowly walk toward the computer.

   That brief look away was all the hologram needed to knock Brennan off his feet and pin him down just like he had Shalimar. Lifting his fist, he prepared to give Brennan a beating that he wouldn't soon forget; that's if he even got away alive. Brennan closed his eyes and tensed up in anticipation for the blow, but it didn't come. Opening his eyes back up, he saw that the hologram was no longer there. He was confused for a moment, but that's when he remembered Shalimar walking toward the computer. Quickly looking over, he saw Shalimar standing next to the computer, holding on the wall for support. It was then, that she slowly slid down the wall until she came in contact with the floor. Then she just sat there staring out across Sanctuary.

   Brennan immediately rushed down the dojo steps and over to Shalimar. "Shal, are you ok?" he asked urgently.

   "I'm just peachy, thank you," she replied sarcastically.

   "Well, we should really get you to the lab anyway."

   "Looks who's talking," Shalimar retorted as she gently wiped blood away from a large cut that was just above Brennan's right eyebrow.

   He let out a small hiss of pain and then swatted at Shalimar's offending hand. "Just come on," he finally said as he helped her stand.

   An intense wave of dizziness hit Shalimar as she stood up straight and she would have fallen back over if it hadn't been for Brennan.

   "Whoa!" Brennan exclaimed as he caught Shalimar in his arms before she fell over. 

   "I'm ok. I just stood up too fast," Shalimar said before Brennan could ask if she was ok.

   "Uh huh. Sure, whatever," Brennan replied in a disbelieving tone before he scooped Shalimar up in his arms and began to walk toward the lab.

   "Brennan! I can walk by myself," Shalimar protested, but in all truth, her head was spinning so much that she was glad that she didn't have to walk all the way to the lab.

   Walking inside, Brennan gently placed Shalimar down in the chair in the center of the lab. "You know, Adam is going to kill you," he said with a grin.

   "Not if he doesn't know," Shalimar replied with a sly smile.

   "Oh, no you don't. I will not lie to Adam because you didn't listen to him."

   "You don't have to lie to him. You just don't tell him," she said.

   Brennan shook his head. "I can't do that, Shal. I'm sorry."

   Shalimar got a pouting look on her face, but then she stared up at Brennan with big puppy dog eyes…well, kitty cat ones at least. "Pretty please??" she begged.

   Brennan could never say no to that. Every time Shalimar did that, he absolutely melted and he gave in to everything. Letting out a sigh, he finally said, "Fine!"

   Shalimar broke out into a huge smile. "Thanks Brennan! You're the best."

   "Yeah, than why do I feel so much like a bad guy?" he asked with a frown as he hit the button that turned on the body scanner. He watched as the light from the scanner swept over Shalimar's body and when it was done, he walked over to the computer to read the results. "Ouch," he said with a grimace as he turned to face her.

   "What's wrong?" she asked with a frown.

   "Well, it seems that you got a better beating from our hologram friend that I first thought," he explained.

   "Which means?"

   "You have a fractured cheekbone, a quite severe concussion, two broken ribs, along with quite a few cuts and bruises," Brennan replied as a concerned expression passed over his face. 

   "Oh. Well, than yeah, ouch does about cover it," she said with a small grin. "Now, just fix me up before Adam gets back."

   Brennan smiled and than shook his head. "Don't make me regret this, Shalimar." 

   "I won't and think of it this way: I now owe you. So, whatever you need, just ask."

   "I'll keep you to that, Shal," he said and with that, he got to work fixing up Shalimar.

   TO BE CONINUED

(A/N: Sorry it took me so long to post anymore of this fic. I've have writers block forever! Well, I really hope you like it even though it is very short. More is coming very soon. I promise!!! PLEASE REVIEW!)


	3. Lying

Title: When Holograms Attack

Author: Sarge

E-Mail: Shalimarfox2@aol.com

   "Ok, you're all done. You're going to be very sore for a little while, but it will pass. You should probably take it easy though," Brennan told Shalimar.

   "Yeah, yeah, I know. Adam says the same thing every time I get hurt," she replied with a sigh. "Now, it's your turn."

   Standing up, Shalimar pushed Brennan down into the chair and began to heal his wounds.

   "What happened to you, Brennan?" Adam asked as he suddenly walked into the lab.

   Both Shalimar and Brennan jumped at the sound of his voice.

   "Adam!" Shalimar exclaimed. "We didn't hear you come in."

   "I can see that," he replied with a frown as he walked over to them. "Now, tell me what happened."

   Shalimar's eyes grew wide. She hadn't been expecting Adam to get back for a little while and she hadn't had time to come up with a good story to tell him. "Um…Brennan and I were…uh…sparring and I accidentally knocked him off of the dojo. He kinda hit the stairs on the way down," she lied.

   Adam looked a little suspicious. "Oh really? Is that what happened, Brennan?" he asked.

   Shalimar frowned. "Adam, you don't believe me?!" she exclaimed.

   "I'm just making sure that you got all your facts straight," he replied as he looked down at Brennan. "Well, is that what happened?"

   Brennan swallowed hard and quickly glanced up at Shalimar. She was giving him a look that he easily read as 'Don't tell him, PLEASE!!'

   "Uh yeah…That's exactly what happened. Shal caught me off guard and I fell off the dojo," he said trying to sound convincing enough for Adam to believe.

   "Ok, if you say so, but I've got one question."

   "What?" both Shalimar and Brennan asked simultaneously.

   "Why is there blood all over your clothes, Shalimar?" he asked as a skeptical expression crossed his face.

   Both Shalimar and Brennan looked like deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming car. They had forgotten about all the blood on Shalimar's clothes. They were going to get busted if they didn't think of something very fast.

   Shalimar opened her mouth to say something and then closed it again. After quickly looking at Brennan, she finally replied, "Ok, you caught us, Adam. The real truth is that the reason I knocked Brennan off the dojo was because I got really mad at him for… breaking my nose." 

   "He broke your nose?"

   Brennan's head shot up and the expression on his face read the same as Adam's question.

   Shalimar nodded. "Yeah…I was the one who was caught off guard; not Brennan. I wasn't really paying attention and he landed a nice kick to my face…And he broke my nose. That's where all this blood came from. Then I got so mad at him that I went into feral overdrive and knocked him off the dojo."

   Adam took a moment to absorb what Shalimar had said before saying, "Oh, I see. Well, if that's all that happened, I have groceries to put away. I'll see you two later." With that, Adam walked out of the lab allowing both Brennan and Shalimar to release breaths they didn't even know they were holding.

   Brennan looked up at Shalimar with an astounded look on his face. "I _broke your nose? No wait. Even better…you __knocked me off the dojo? Shalimar, what were you thinking?!" he exploded._

   "I was thinking that you weren't coming up with anything better!" she shot back.

   "Look Shal, I told you that I wouldn't lie to Adam,…but it seems that I ended up doing that anyway," he said with a frown.

   "I'm sorry, Brennan," Shalimar sighed. "I guess I should have thought about that before I made that story up, huh?"

   He nodded. "Yeah, you should have."

   "Well, when I'm done fixing you up, I'll go tell Adam what really happened," Shalimar said softly as she cast her eyes to the ground.

   Brennan hating seeing Shalimar upset. "Just forget about it, Shal. I guess what Adam doesn't know won't hurt him," he declared with a small grin, but Shalimar could see that he wasn't very happy about it.

    Not knowing how to reply, she just went back to healing Brennan's wounds without saying a word.

   TO BE CONTINUED

(Yeah, I know it's short and lame, but isn't it better than no chapter at all? PLEASE REVIEW!!!)


	4. They Are In So Much Trouble!

Title: When Holograms Attack

Author: Sarge

E-Mail: Shalimarfox2@aol.com

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   After Shalimar and Brennan were done in the lab, they both wandered out and headed their separate ways. Shalimar headed for her room while Brennan grabbed a book and headed for the rec. room.

   "Hey Brennan. Where's Shalimar?" Jesse asked as he looked up when Brennan walked into the room.

   Slumping down into one of the chairs, Brennan replied, "I think she's in her room."

   "What have you two been doing for the past hour and a half," Emma questioned.

   "Nothing really," he said with a sigh.

   Jesse raised an eyebrow in question. "Oh, sounds fun," he muttered as he turned his attention back to the movie he and Emma were watching.

   "But Adam's back," Brennan added with a small grin. "With lots of food."

   Jesse's head shot back around in Brennan's direction. "Food?"

   "Yup."

   Before anyone could say another word, Jesse was up and already out of the room.

   Emma giggled as she watched him go and then turned back to the TV.

   Shaking his head, Brennan merely smiled before he opened his book and began to read.

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   Jesse practically ran into the kitchen where Adam was putting the groceries away.

   "Yes! FOOD!!!" he exclaimed as he began to dig in the grocery bags that were sitting on the table.

   Adam turned around and grinned. "Well, hi to you too, Jesse," he said.

   Jesse looked up from the grocery bag he was raiding and with a doughnut-filled mouth, he smiled, saying, "Oh, hi Adam."

   "Well, since you're already here and you're pillaging the grocery bags anyway, you can put the rest away," Adam said as he began to walk out of the kitchen. Suddenly he stopped and turned back around saying, "and DO NOT eat everything."

   Jesse just glared at Adam.

   With that, Adam turned back around and walked out of the kitchen. Deciding that he would finish programming the holograms, he headed to the main computer console. When he got there, he noticed all the blood on and around the computer. Frowning, he looked up at the dojo and spotted more blood up there. _You would think that they would clean up after themselves, he thought to himself as he walked up to the dojo stairs. It was then that he noticed that there wasn't any blood on the stairs. __If Shalimar knocked Brennan off the dojo and he hit the stairs on the way down, there should be at least a little bit of blood on them. He quickly walked up the stairs to see a pool of blood along with little splatters of it here and there on the dojo floor. _

   Adam frowned as he turned around and spotted even more blood on the floor a little past the bottom of the dojo steps. _There's way too much blood for just a broken nose and a few scrapes, he thought to himself as he began to take samples of the blood. He was going to find out who it belonged to. Once he was done with that, he walked back to the lab. As he began some tests on the blood, he suddenly noticed that there were the results of a body scan on computer screen in front of him. Brennan and Shalimar had forgotten to erase it before they left the lab. As he read what seemed to be the results of a body scan on Shalimar, his frown seemed to get deeper. __They are in so much trouble! he thought. __But wait a minute…there's no way that Brennan would hurt Shalimar that much…or she'd let him hurt her so much for that matter. Then what happened? Could they have gone out and gotten hurt or…wait a second…The holograms!!   _

   Adam quickly ran out of the lab and over to the computer that controlled the holograms. After clicking a few keys, he read something on the computer screen that made him very angry. "Shalimar, Brennan, I want to see you two in the lab right now!" he yelled into his comlink ring. Walking back into the lab, he waited for them to arrive.

TO BE CONTINUED

(A/N: Yeah, I know it's another short one, but oh well. I hope you like it! PLEASE REVIEW!!!)


	5. Telling What Really Happened

Title: When Holograms Attack

Author: Sarge

E-Mail: Shalimarfox2@aol.com

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   Emma looked at Brennan curiously when she heard Adam call for him and Shalimar. "He doesn't sound too happy," she commented as she watched Brennan stand.

   He looked over at her and shrugged. "We'll see," he replied as he walked out of the rec. room.

   Heading to the lab, he spotted Shalimar coming out of her room. He watched as she suddenly winced as she turned to close her door and concerned, he quickly walked up to her, asking, "You ok, Shal?"

   Nodding, she looked up at him and replied, "Yeah, my ribs are just a little sore."

   "Oh. Well, I'm sure there's something in the lab that we can get you for the pain."

   Shalimar nodded again. "Yeah, but speaking of the lab, we better go before Adam thinks we're not coming."

   "Yeah, he did sound kind of mad," Brennan said just before he and Shalimar walked into the lab.

   "I am mad, Brennan," Adam stated. Undoubtedly, he had heard what Brennan had said to Shalimar before they walked in the lab.

   Neither of the other two said anything.

   "I know that you two didn't tell me the truth about what happened earlier today when I wasn't here. I know this because first of all, you forgot to clean up all the blood on and around the dojo. You see, there was too much of it for it just to be a simple broken nose and a couple of scrapes. Along with the fact that about ninety-eight percent of all the blood was Shalimar's and that there was no blood on the steps," he explained.

   Both Shalimar and Brennan looked confused so Adam continued.

   "Shalimar, you said that you knocked Brennan off the dojo and he hit the stairs on the way down. Well, there wasn't any blood on the steps or really anywhere near the steps. So, I don't think you actually knocked him off the dojo."

   Brennan and Shalimar still remained quiet.

   "Secondly, you forgot to erase your body scan, Shalimar. So, I know that you had a lot more than just a broken nose. You had a concussion, a fractured cheek bone, and two broken ribs to be exact. Now, unless you two were trying to kill each other, I don't think you would have gotten that hurt unless you were doing something dangerous. Now, I originally thought that maybe you two went out and ran into some trouble, but then I remember that I hadn't programmed all the safety protocols into the new holograms. Therefore, if you were to fight with one of them, it wouldn't know to back off when it knocked you down or it wouldn't know to let you pass if you wanted to leave the dojo. I also didn't get the chance to set up the hologram program so that it shuts off when you vocally tell the computer to stop the program. So, if you were to get in a fight with one of the holograms as they are now, you wouldn't stand much of a chance because it would just wear you down until you couldn't fight anymore."

   Shalimar and Brennan seemed to get guiltier looking expressions on their faces as Adam went on.

   "So, after realizing this, I went back over to the computer and found out that the hologram program had been accessed. Knowing, that it couldn't have been me, I realized that it had to have been you two. Now, do you care to tell me that truth or are you going to stick with your story?" he asked before adding, "Because, you know, I can always access the sanctuary's internal security cameras to find out what really happened."

   Taking a deep breath, Shalimar took a step forward. "It…it was my fault, Adam. Brennan had nothing to do with it."

   Adam gave her a 'go on' look.

   "I got really bored and I was kind of…well, mad at you for taking so long that I decided that I would access the holograms even if all the safety protocols weren't in place. It was really stupid of me; I know that now. I thought I could get a quick workout in before you got home, but that's when everything went crazy. The hologram that I chose was that was in the advanced holograms program file in the computer. I thought I could take him, but it turns out that I couldn't. A few seconds into the fight, he had pinned he down and wouldn't stop attacking me. Thankfully Brennan showed up and stopped him from killing me."

   She continued to tell the rest of what happened. When she was done, Adam let out a big sigh.

   Shaking his head and pinching the bridge of his nose, he said, "Dammit Shalimar, you could have been killed. Heck, both of you could have been killed."

   Shalimar quickly looked down at the ground to avoid Adam's gaze. "I know. I'm sorry," she replied very softly as her eyes began to fill with tears.

   Sighing again, Adam opened his arms, saying, "Shalimar, come here."

   She looked up at him and then stepped forward into his arms.

   Adam engulfed her in a big fatherly hug and held her close as she cried softly into his chest.

   Brennan merely stood there and watched. He felt a bit uncomfortable just being there while Shalimar and Adam were having their moment, but he didn't say anything.

   As they pulled out of their embrace, Adam gently wiped away the tears that were still on Shalimar's cheeks before he smiled and asked, "So, what did you think of the hologram? I know how you tend to go for the tall, dark, and dangerous type of guy."

   Shalimar laughed. "Yeah, he was nice, Adam, but I think I would have liked him better if hadn't kicked my ass. Besides, I don't like them so bulky and I tend to go more for the heroes; not the ones doing the beatings. I go more for someone…well, someone like Brennan," she replied as she turned to Brennan and grinned.

   He smiled back and then dropped his head so Shalimar wouldn't see him blushing.

   Adam let out a chuckle before, saying, "Now, look at me Shalimar."

   She brought her head back around to look at Adam.

   "Don't ever do anything like that again, ok?"

   Shalimar nodded. "Yeah ok. I promise."

   Adam smiled. "Good. Now, I want you two to go to the kitchen and stop Jesse from eating everything."

   Both Brennan and Shalimar broke out into big grins.

   Shalimar kissed Adam on the cheek before following Brennan out of the lab.

   THE END!!!!!

(A/N: So, what did you think? PLEASE LET ME KNOW! REVIEW!!!) 


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